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Google

Commas in a Series [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
Students practice correct comma usage with ten sentences in which commas are missing from lists of words in this downloadable PDF.
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Handout
The Tongue Untied

University of Oregon the Tongue Untied: Punctuation: Comma

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site features a list of eleven simple rules for comma usage. Come and sharpen your grammar skills when you visit this educational resource.
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Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Punctuation: Comma Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Choose the correctly punctuated sentences in this fourteen-question quiz.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Comma Sense

For Students 9th - 10th
Notes, a PowerPoint presentation, and a video introducing commas, their purpose, and common usage mistakes. Comma rules and examples concerning coordinating clauses, items in a list, introductory elements, and nouns of direct address are...
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Handout
University of North Carolina

Commas, Commas and More Commas

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
How do you become a comma super hero? Use this awesome resource to learn more about commas. Students and teachers can brush up on their comma skills when they explore this educational site.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Commas With Numbers, People, and Places

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial focuses on comma usage with numbers, people, and places. It offers a video detailing rules and examples and a slide show with the same information. Real Player is required for the video.
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Handout
Other

Sandhills Community College: Punctuation Guide

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Lists, defines and describes the uses of many elements of English punctuation, including the period, comma, semicolon, colon, apostrophe, quotation, hyphen, and dash. Includes several examples.
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Article
Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: 10th Grade Grammar

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This article focuses on what grammar 10th graders need to know to be successful in the upper grades and college. These include the following: parts of speech, sentence structure/syntax, types of sentences, types of clauses, parallelism,...
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University of Victoria (Canada)

Elc Study Zone: Using Commas

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Do you know how to use commas properly? Use this website to learn more about these pesky punctuation marks.
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Extended Rules for Using Commas

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Purdue University provides a tutorial on the correct usage of commas.
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Commas Set Off Nonessential Elements: Exercise #1

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson provides a quiz on commas and nonessential elements. Answers included.
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English Worksheets Land

English Worksheets Land: Use Commas in Addresses

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Fifteen printable worksheets on commas in addresses should give students plenty of practice on this punctuation rule.
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Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Punctuation: Conquering the Comma: Power Point

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A PowerPoint presentation introducing common rules of comma usage as well as how commas are used in phrases and clauses.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Quotations and Commas

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
During this lesson students will have the opportunity to learn the proper way to use quotations and commas. They will view information on the Internet and participate in online activities to help them master this concept.
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Grammar Tips

Commas With Introductory Adverbial Elements

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource is a clear guide to explain the proper use of the comma with an adverb clause.
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Commas: Exercise #4

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students' proofread sentences and decide the correct placement of commas. Answers are provided for students' to review.
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Quia

Quia: Commas Galore

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
An interactive quiz game where students are asked to choose the sentence that uses commas correctly. Answer twelve increasingly difficult questions in order to win the game but be careful. Incorrect answers will send the player back to...
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eBook
Quia

Quia: Women and Reform Movements

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A twenty question interactive quiz focusing on comma use with enclosures and interrupters. Students are provided with sentences and asked to edit them by adding the necessary commas. Correct answers are displayed after each question and...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Comma Usage

For Teachers 3rd - 9th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart provides extensive teaching examples for the appropriate use of commas. The color and graphics are engaging, and several Activote questions check student knowledge.